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...THE GOVERNMENT TOTALLY SUCKS... by Tenacious D
----------------------------------...............
Verse 1:
e|--E0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|--------------------|
B|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|--------------------|
G|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1--|--1--1-1--1-1--1-1--|
D|--2--2-2-2--0--2-0-2--|--2--2-0--2-2--0-0--|
A|--2--2-2-2--0--2-0-2--|--2--2-0--2-2--0-0--|
E|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--|
    A(add11)                  G   F#    G   F#  E  
e|--0--0-0-0-0-0--3--|--3-3-3--2--3--2--0--|
B|--0--0-0-0-0-0--3--|--3-3-3--2--3--2--0--|
G|--6--6-6-6-6-6--4--|--4-4-4--3--4--3--1--|
D|--7--7-7-7-7-7--5--|--5-5-5--4--5--4--2--|
A|--7--7-7-7-7-7--5--|--5-5-5--4--5--4--2--|
E|--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--|--3-3-3--2--3--2--0--|
(with Verse Riff):
The Egovernment totally sucks, you motherfucker,
    A(add11)                G   F#    G   F#  E  
The government totally sucks.
Verse 2:
 EBen Franklin was a rebel indeed,
   A(add11)                                 G     F#  
He liked to get naked while he smoked on the weed.
 GHe F#was Ea genius, but if he was here today,
    A(add11)                                  G    F#    G    F#  E  
The government would fuck him up his righteous A!
Verse 3:
Now Elet me tell you something about the government, (uh huh),
        A(add11)               G       F#     G      F#  E  
They're fucking up the en-viron-ment, (say what?)
They're Etaking all the fucking beautiful animals, (yeah?)
    A(add11)                         G    F#    G    F#  E  
And making them fucking ex-tinct. (Oh no!)
Verse 4:
The Egovernment totally sucks, you motherfucker,
    A(add11)           G(add11)
The government totally sucks,
    A(add11)           G(add11)
The government totally sucks.
Bridge 1:
                         E           G#m  A(add11)               B(add11)
'Cos the land of love and freedom, is just a baby's breath a-way.
                       E              G#m  A(add11)          B(add11)
And if we hold hands to-gether, we can bring back the US-A...
Coda:
          E    G#m  A(add11)
The US-AAA-AAA, yeah!
B(add11)              E    G#m  A(add11)
 Bring back the US-AAA-AAA, yeah!
B(add11)           E    G#m  A(add11)
 The fucking US-AAA-AAA, yeah!
 AmBring back the US!
Outro:
e|--E------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--1------1---1------1--1--|
D|--0-h-2--2---0-h-2--0--2--|
A|--0-h-2--2---0-h-2--0--2--|
E|--0------0---0------0--0--|
(with Above Riff):
 EGovernment totally sucks!
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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       E  A(add11)          G      F#  G(add11)     G#m  B(add11)  Am  

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Government Totally Sucks

by Tenacious D

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G#m

...THE GOVERNMENT TOTALLY SUCKS... by Tenacious D

----------------------------------...............

Verse 1:

e|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|--------------------|

B|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|--------------------|

G|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1-1--|--1--1-1--1-1--1-1--|

D|--2--2-2-2--0--2-0-2--|--2--2-0--2-2--0-0--|

A|--2--2-2-2--0--2-0-2--|--2--2-0--2-2--0-0--|

E|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--|

A G F# G F# E

(add11)

e|--0--0-0-0-0-0--3--|--3-3-3--2--3--2--0--|

B|--0--0-0-0-0-0--3--|--3-3-3--2--3--2--0--|

G|--6--6-6-6-6-6--4--|--4-4-4--3--4--3--1--|

D|--7--7-7-7-7-7--5--|--5-5-5--4--5--4--2--|

A|--7--7-7-7-7-7--5--|--5-5-5--4--5--4--2--|

E|--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--|--3-3-3--2--3--2--0--|

(with Verse Riff):

The government totally sucks, you motherfucker,

A G F# G F# E

(add11)

The government totally sucks.

Verse 2:

Ben Franklin was a rebel indeed,

A G F#

(add11)

He liked to get naked while he smoked on the weed.

G F# E

He was a genius, but if he was here today,

A G F# G F# E

(add11)

The government would fuck him up his righteous A!

Verse 3:

Now let me tell you something about the government, (uh huh),

A G F# G F# E

(add11)

They're fucking up the en-viron-ment, (say what?)

They're taking all the fucking beautiful animals, (yeah?)

A G F# G F# E

(add11)

And making them fucking ex-tinct. (Oh no!)

Verse 4:

The government totally sucks, you motherfucker,

A G

(add11) (add11)

The government totally sucks,

A G

(add11) (add11)

The government totally sucks.

Bridge 1:

E G#m A B

(add11) (add11)

'Cos the land of love and freedom, is just a baby's breath a-way.

E G#m A B

(add11) (add11)

And if we hold hands to-gether, we can bring back the US-A...

Coda:

E G#m A

(add11)

The US-AAA-AAA, yeah!

B E G#m A

(add11) (add11)

Bring back the US-AAA-AAA, yeah!

B E G#m A

(add11) (add11)

The fucking US-AAA-AAA, yeah!

Bring back the US!

Outro:

e|--------------------------|

B|--------------------------|

G|--1------1---1------1--1--|

D|--0-h-2--2---0-h-2--0--2--|

A|--0-h-2--2---0-h-2--0--2--|

E|--0------0---0------0--0--|

(with Above Riff):

Government totally sucks!

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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E A G F# G G#m B Am

(add11) (add11) (add11)

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